I am playing it on Xbox Series X and having no issues. No bots. Some PC players but only a few here and there and i hold my own against them. My K/D is still over 1 so i am not complaining. It’s a great return to BF. But i do expect COD to eat into BF players some. At least for the first few months.
Worked out for me. I don’t even play GTA much anymore. RDR2 is my favorite game ever made. So i won that decision. Thanks Rockstar, now can i get RDR2 with 60 fps.
Remember the lead hardware guy said he wanted to make the PS5 even bigger. But Sony said no. He clearly has a thing for bigger consoles. Myself i have never liked the design of the PS5. It’s ugly, and doesn’t come in black. Then the plates came out so i did make it black and that hid it some. Then i got a Pro and now i am back to white. The PS6 better not need an attachment to lay flat. That is just silly. I loved the design of the PS2, after that the next 3 that came after haven’t did much for me. Next up i would like them to re design the PSN logo. The yellow D pad is not great.
Xbox and Steam destroy Sony’s refund policy. As in like not even close. Not sure how i am suppose to see Concord as a moment of praise for Sony and refunds.
My other hobby is Bass fishing, i buy many rod and reels that are more than the cost of a console. Some hitting the $550-$650 a piece. The Japanese gear has a limited 1 year warranty the USA gear has a 15 year warranty, even a $60 dollar replacement if i shut the truck door on it and it snaps. I only mention this cause Steam and MS are USA and Sony and Nintendo is Japanese. It’s odd how both my hobbies have this type of warranty and refund linked to them.
I play all my online games on Xbox so i don’t use PSN. So it wouldn’t bother me cause my PS6 will be the same, a few single player games here and there. With the next Xbox being said to combine the best things of Console and the best of PC, i am happy to hear they might get rid of the paywall. That is the better part of PC.
@Titntin Yeah great point and i call it out on both sides but lately it is so lopsided on here it hard to bite the tongue some days. Dang you are set on PC’s. Hope you enjoy your Switch 2. I got mine on launch and couldn’t stop playing Mario Kart World. Then i got Donkey Kong and that was really good. Haven’t touched it in a while now that BF6 and Borderlands 4 came out. But i only play Nintendo first party on Switch so i go on droughts with it from time to time but find it to be really an enjoyable and well made console. Feels more premium in the hand this time i think.
Sorry for the confusing message, i do respect your opinion on matters. You are knowledgeable and level headed and i look to the few that have that on here. Enjoy the games brother. Thats the most important part of all.
@LogicStrikesAgain well Steam and the PC in general have some of the biggest played games in the industry, World of Warcraft, Counter Strike, League of legends etc etc. plus 3rd parties are saying they are selling more copies on PC than Xbox and PS combined. So i would say the PC has a healthy ecosystem. Spider-Man 2 and maybe others didn’t take 3 years to reach PC, and Sony has a plan in place for Nixxes not sure i spell that right, to port a game every 6 months in the future. Meaning more are coming. As for the price of the next Xbox we don’t know what it will be but likely high of course. But… if the rumor is true that it plays OG XBox to the Series consoles, Steam, Epic and Battle net which would bring mouse and keyboard for WOW. Then that is a console that can play just about everything outside of Nintendo games and timed PS titles. Not a bad fit for some players. I will be using all 3 as i love to own all the consoles. So i am covered. However Sony isn’t done with live service and those to will be launch soon or day and date on PC, so that is an incentive for others to look for in the future. I am not against exclusives, i mean it’s their IP and they have to pay the bills. But i do like to see when other gamers get to enjoy great titles on other platforms. It nice to see others enjoy the hobby and not be locked into a box that they may not want or need in the first place. Seeing the industry go more that direction seems to be a win for their bottom line and the gamers which i am behind.
@Striker21 Yeah i agree with that. Nintendo has their profit model in tact. It works and they have a console that players want. Those same exclusives didn’t move N64 and GameCube and Wii-U numbers all that well. But once they found the hardware that players wanted those ports started to sell insane numbers. I think Animal Crossing and Mario Kart 8 is still selling haha
For others making 200 even 300 million dollar games it just doesn’t work as well. We are seeing that. The PS5 has almost its full library of PS5 games on PC. Something we didn’t see from them in the past and Sony will bring even more over. Which is a good thing, more people getting a chance to play great games is wonderful and i am all for it.
@ButterySmooth30FPS that seems like coping to an extent. I mean sure i get your point but it does matter when the said statement by both gentlemen is true. I am not here for whom works where and when and how and Maybes etc etc. i am here for the facts and the fact is all forms of social media and Netflix is a competitor to video games regardless the logo on the plastic AMD box.
@TDHorizon i mean most of the PS4 is exclusive content. Most of the PS5 is already on PC. Astro as much as i loved it. I gave it a 10 it didn’t sell well at all. Order 1886 sold even worse. So just cause something is an exclusive game don’t make it good or bad. I am not against exclsuives cause i own all 3 consoles. But i do enjoy when games are on more platforms as it opens up the player base and more can enjoy the game.
@Titntin i meant to say something completely different to you TIN and included you on this one for a separate reason To your point as to MS not being a platform, that is just the opposite, they are becoming a platform to take on Steam in the PC space and in order to do that they can’t have exclsuives nor a pay wall for online play. They need to be on every device as Steam Os is free and will be coming to more devices in the future. Windows is gaming, every game is created on a PC, MS does not want Steam to become the default platform, MS isn’t worried about PS as Sony has won in the console space and that space isn’t growing nor selling the most amount of software anymore, PC is growing, and sold over 4 million copies of BF6 while the PS and Xbox sold a little over 1 million each.
To your point i know you follow news from industry leaders as i believe you have stated you have worked in this business. I wanted you to just see the type of media behavior of the industry when two people say the same thing and how it looks to make the other one seem wrong while the other one was “right”. I value your input to such things and wasn’t trying to include you as a way of saying you said anything nor have that opinion but to see what your take on it would be. Cause this site has turned its eye on what Sony is saying and Sony is saying console isn’t growing and they are looking to bring their titles to more platforms. Sony is saying competion is social media, Sony is saying they are looking for monthly active users and engagement time, Sony is saying they are looking for live service games and somehow only taking a small black eye about the live service games while skating by with the other comments that other brands are saying and have been saying. I think you can see that, no? So again sorry for being unclear, this wasn’t a rub your nose in it comment more of i respect your industry knowledge on the subject and clearly i couldn’t be the only one on here that remembers Shawn saying this a year ago.
@ButterySmooth30FPS i never said Shawn still works at PS. But Shawn is an industry insider the same as Matt is and known the trends and average usage time. This is why BOTH Sony and MS talk about engagement hours on their console. Cause that means they are taking players away from social media and Netflix and other competitors to the space. MS and PS leaders keep saying they aren’t as much competion to each other as gamers think and thinks like TIK TOK is a bigger concern and yet there is 2,000 comments on these sites a day pitting the two against each other in ways that have long been debunked. You can call that honesty or facts or whatever you like but i can continue to link those staments from industry leaders almost all day. But if the point isn’t accepted then whats the point right.
@Vaako007 i fully understand consoles are still a thing moving forward. But they aren’t growing in sales and PC is. Which is a little scary as i much prefer console to PC gaming. Thus we are seeing Sony as a multi platform to make extra revenue. Sony has said their goal is to port 2 games a year meaning every 6 months you could see a game going to PC. So again i ask, then what exclusives do they have, from what i can see and play i would say a few timed.
Nintendo is the only company with true exclusives. Sony is on PC. Sure they have timed exclusives. But at the moment a Steam deck or ROG or a gaming PC can legally play PS titles. Same can’t be said for Mario Kart world. The top 10 played games on PS and Xbox aren’t exclusive tho. Wii-U didn’t sell hardware with their exclusive games until they ported them to switch. I am not saying i like or dislike exclusive games, but the notion that they are the money maker or why 10’s of millions of gamers buy a platform is false. The top 10 played and sold games on PS and Xbox tell all. In fact if i wanted to skip PS6 and i don’t and i won’t i could cause the next Xbox will be a PC with Steam and i could play Sony games much like the PC does now. So i am not sure how this is some talking point still. MS and Steam is the only platform that plays all games. So what exclusives does PS have outside of a years wait?
@ButterySmooth30FPS an ex Sony employee. He’s had some other things to say as well. Cause he is a knowledgeable leader in the industry that knows how to succeed and what he is up against. You were close.not sure how this being said from industry leaders is different, but thanks for trying!
@Northern_munkey will do brother! We should play some Diablo 4 together. I’m playing this season and it’s good. Looking forward to the big changes coming to season 11. Thanks for the company as always. I know i poke the bear sometimes and I appreciate you sticking with me. But sometimes i just can’t ignore the stupid. Wish i could. Haha
@Northern_munkey i know what you mean. It’s about to get way worse when the next Xbox comes out and can play PS games. The “dead” platform will really be all over this site and causing arguments. I stick around and advise you to as well only cause once all sense is gone we leave something we found in a worse place. There are some great people on here and Pure. I love both sites for the hand full of awesome people. I was going to let this one go and i just couldn’t. I could correct more but i choose not too cause it brings bad press to me and not the ones writing it. I really get bad looks when i remind everyone 1/3 of this sites is ex Xbox 360 users. HAHA lately man i try and let it go and chill with you and the gang. But this was just silly. Shawn is adored by the PS faithful, no way everyone forgot he said this just last December but me. Don’t go yet. We need ya!
@Northern_munkey Push back on them, i do." I get censored.
Politics even in gaming, i know what you mean. Any time you back someone in the corner with facts, truth, logic you are the one to be silenced. Very narcissistic behavior from folks that don’t know 💩from shampoo. i get it brother..
@Northern_munkey you ain’t lying my brother. Not one of them will comment on this and say oh yeah, our beloved Shawn did say that over a year ago. It’s like i have to do their home work for them.
@SuntannedDuck2 Sorry to say it’ not odd it’s on purpose. Hence they got 150 plus comments on it. If they would have said Shawn and Matt said the same thing, most would have passed over it.
It’s been said kids are watching people on YouTube and Tik Tok play games more than they are playing them. Which i mean whatever but then when you tie that info to the reports saying gamers are buying 1-2 games a year. You can start to see why Sony is looking to Steam and PC and Xbox is looking to PS and others. These games can’t be locked to one box. Yet everyone on here wants to argue over it and the Push Square team knows it and baits this audience to the high heavens. Push back on them, i do.
Sony said this last year. We all know kids play less games these days and scroll on their phones. Hence Cloud and Mobile is the future of gaming when we are all old and done with this. Odd this post never mentioned Shawn saying this last year. Almost like we are being baited into whom can say the same thing yet one has to look a fool for it. I try to comment less these days and all but for a dead platform, they can get a report on this site for sneezing from eating to spicy of food.
@GamingGod i love that game, really wish we would get one more ratchet game before PS6. But not sure. But i will buy a PS6 just to play the next one cause it will look insane.
@GamingGod i prefer the Xbox and Switch pro controller layout much more. On Ps4 i didn’t mind the PS4 controller, the size was just right and coming from the trash of a PS3 controller it felt much better. PS5 controller is a little to big so i think it stretches my left thumb just a bit to far. It’s a thing cause there is a lot of people wanting the next controller to shrink in size a little bit. I own all 3 consoles and play my PS5 the least and it’s really only cause of the controller. Which stinks cause that is always been my issue with PS, the controller. Never found them to be very comfortable. So i only use it for their exclusive games only.i think i have beaten Racthet and Clank 4 times now HAHA
I’l be getting it on Series X. FPS games on Sony’s controller hurts my left thumb and wrist. So Xbox Controller for me. Happy to see more players getting to play it tho. I wish the PS6 would go back to the PS4 controller size. But not sure they will with the added features in it. Sucks that the controller layout hurts my hands so much cause i otherwise enjoy my PS5.
@T-Bone09 True, but the PS1-PS3 had a fairly high number of broken units. It was really the PS4 and Xbox One that we started to see highly reliable hardware. This gen PS5 and Series Consoles are tanks. They run very well. PS2 got me with the disc read error a few times, i never played my PS3 enough to get the yellow light of death, but i did break 3 Xbox 360’s.
It’s getting great reviews which is nice to see. But i don’t game on handhelds much. Switch 2 a little bit in bed sometimes. So i won’t be getting one, but i am excited for next gen Xbox and PS6.
Impressive sales for BF6, so it does seem to back in a big way. Data today showed PS5 sales at 1.5 million, Xbox at 1.2 million and Steam at 3.5 million for BF6 and the game hasn’t even been out a full week yet. That is how you make a comeback. But COD isn’t going away. It will still make a billion dollars. Just nice to have some choice in that genre. I miss Medal of Honor.
@Northern_munkey i have not smiled playing a game this much since Diablo 4 came out. I am loving BF6. Played for 4 hours so far and only one match dropped due to server connection issue. I got right back into a new game and it’s been fast and running great. BF6 is the best shooter i have played in a long time. Not sure how COD responses to this but this is why competition is good for gamers. Most gamers these days want companies to go away rather than make good products to push the industry to better quality. If BF packed its bags after 2042 i would not be smiling today playing this. Happy to hear you are on it. Hope you are loving it also my brother.
@nomither6 you would be correct they are jank, i bought two of them and returned them both in a few days. Sucks cause i really like PS5 and would play it more if not for their controller choices.
Kind of a cool perk. Sony is good about trying to make the PS console standout. Sometimes it’s a little backhanded but this is kind of neat and a nice bump in your progression. I just don’t like the Dual Sense controller for shooters. Hurts the heck out of my left thumb. I’ll be on Xbox for BF6. Even tho i do like this perk.
@UltimateOtaku91 Console gaming is far from dying, but it isn’t growing either. People look at the switch sales and think it’s growing the market cause the Wii-U did so poorly, but all Nintendo did was combine their DS handheld sales along with their home console sales. So growth isn’t really happening in the console space. Dev’s are saying PC is outselling all consoles combined in software sales. So while i am happy to see console’s not so much shrinking in engagement and excitement, it’s not a growing market and that is unfortunate, cause much like you i prefer console to PC. I own all 3 consoles and really enjoy them all for what they offer. 😊
@Oz_Who_Dat_Dare Yeah i would be ok with a 60fps. But if i can get better textures and draw distance with some lighting updates. I wouldn’t say no. This is my favorite video game ever so i would happily pay for all the bells and whistles. One of my PC buddies let me try it on his setup and i almost built a PC for this game. It looked almost real in some areas. I am not kidding.
@Rich33 if Sony offered different controller layouts it would for sure entice me to play more on PS. Sony is still using the layout of the Super Nintendo controller. When Sony needed to add analog sticks to that design the only room left was at the bottom. Some like it but on IGN poll off set beat in line 56-44. So Sony could in fact benefit from having an option. I can use either or, but for inline to work for me i need the controller a shade smaller than dual sense and i would love for the tension to be a little less. Also i prefer Xbox’s concave to convex sticks. My thumb doesn’t slip as much. I am way more accurate on those sticks. Otherwise i really like PS5. Series X for me is all about the controller and snappier Ui. However i love consoles so i enjoy owning both. They all have pros and cons but i prefer console gaming to PC even tho PC is knocking at my door wanting a chance. I am still a little torn if i want to try or not.
@Dimey i agree with you. Hand sizes and fnger length make it hard for one controller to work for everyone. I would love a smaller Dual sense but likely they wouldn’t be able to get in the haptics and feature set they went for, and i do like the controller. Not like i hate it, it’s just the least comfortable out of the 3 for me. It’s funny cause the older PS consoles i used to say the controllers were to small. Now it’s to big. I just like to complain it seems hahaha JK
@BusyOlf @Balaam_ both your points are true. Never liked the design of it. A console that needs a stand or legs to sit flat seems odd. But i have gotten blasted on here many times for saying this. But my only gripe with the PS5 is the size and layout choices of the controller. Sure the Dual sense is good with features and i know controller size is subjective. But man Dual sense really hurts my left thumb. Some of that i think is the tighter tenison Sony uses on their sticks compared to Xbox and others. But i really like the PS5 and wish i could play it for more than a hour at a time. But the controller just has me back to Xbox within 60 mins. I hope PS6 makes a basic design consoles and they get the Dual Sense 2 a little smaller. 10-15% and loosen up those sticks a little bit and i would game on it a lot more.
I will give them a listen. I am an audio fanatic so if i like the sound i will get them even tho i don’t really need them. Nice addition to the PS family tho. I like that they work on PC and Mac as well.
This is just a Returnal reskin. So i am not getting it. But i hope it finds a little better audience than Returnal did. Pass for me. But i am sure this kept the game in budget. Which is good.
@Oz_Who_Dat_Dare i mean i for sure agree with you. Not sure who or how many will use this low power mode. But i suppose we will see what they do with it once it get’s rolled out and more people have it. I am excited to see more plans in the future about the PS6 and handheld. As for the PS5 Pro, man that thing needs a few wins here soon before i call it a bust and i wanted to love that machine when it was announced. I was all for it. But it just get’s hard to see so much wasted potential.
@Oz_Who_Dat_Dare whats their other option? Send it to dev’s that likely won’t have a ton of time to do much with it? Tho i am sure they will do that and internally Sony will test it. But i am sure they will look for ways yet to be announced maybe to get some player results from it. Series S is already got 1000’s of games ready to port to handheld. Sony will need titles optimized and running for a launched handheld. All data is needed cause it almost feels like Sony is backing into this plan for next gen more than on top of it and ahead of the curve. I could be wrong. But selling a “pro” console that runs not a few games but multiple games worse than the base model tells me they are shifting into a area they are a little behind in and want to improve quicker rather than later. The PS5 Pro is a botched or successful GTA 6 away from being a console that is on the fence of make or bust.so i welcome all the attempts of research where and how they can get it. But at these price points it seems rough. I can’t with a straight face recommend anyone to use a Pro or this low power mode. But i think Sony will attempt a way to get the info. Again this isn’t to save you $2.39 on your monthly electric bill.
Then it’s been now said they are using this for first party titles. Well DUH!! Those are the titles they want to test internally for the handheld. Again that they have no optimization for unlike MS with the Series S.
Reading the comments tell’s me some haven’t learned anything from the PS5 Pro. Sony is BETA testing it’s next gen plans at the tail end of this gen.
PS5 Pro is full on testing for PS6 AI upscaling (PSSR) Hence the console has such erratic behaviors on games. Cause it’s not fully baked. PSSR is already onto its next update.
PS5 power mode is to get games running for the handheld next gen cause Sony don’t have a Series S, yes the Series S that get’s made fun of. MS has a ton of work already done to put them games on a handheld. Sony is bringing this out to test for their handheld next gen. All of it is smart to a degree even tho it’s over priced. But it will help them going forward. But this isn’t to cut your system into a savings on your electric bill.
@OldGamer999 On pure they show the BL4 running on Series X it’s 60fps on Performance mode and 30fps on Quality mode. This is way the next gen consoles will be day 1 buys for me. The CPU in the consoles is already aged out on a lot of games. Sure some of it is optimization. But even with that the limits on that CPU are showing. I want to play BL4 but i am more excited for next months Battlefield 6 so i might just hold off. I am still playing Gears of War Reloaded online. I will be watching the PS5 Pro review for BL4 tho. Like to see if it runs good or not. That console is so up and down it’s hard to know.
@get2sammyb i agree, i think the add on disc drive is the smartest way forward. Sony has done a great job with this concept. I am 100% digital. But it’s nice to know if i wanted a disc drive i could still get one and just attach it in 3 mins or less. I think this is the way forward. Most gamers are digital. But there is still enjoy of a physical games market to warrant the add on.
The only take away i get from this is when the PC has a bad optimized game lots of people blame the platform. But when consoles have a game running poorly it’s the devs. PC has 1000’s upon 1000’s of games that run great but when a bad one does hit the platform takes the hit and not the devs. I don’t even have a PC. This is just a general thing i see in the gamer circles. As for PS5 Pro it was clearly a testing ground for PS6 and to me it’s not a good console nor bad. It’s just a very inconsistent console and one that i will not be supporting. I’ll just wait for PS6 and the next Xbox.
Steam and Xbox for sure have way better stores than PS. Plus a better Digital return policy on a game. So i am happy to see Sony at least say they are working on improving it. Even if that means for PS6 and not PS5. Time will tell on that. But Digital is where 8 out of 10 people buy games and outside of a server cost, that is the most profitable way to sell games. So take some of that and make a big slash on the store, only seems right.
@mvhess to your point and it’s a good one. That is why i started to second guess building a PC. I work from home and i sit at my desk all day, do i really want to sit there again to game? I don’t know and i don’t have another space i could use for just the gaming PC. So i too like to play Xbox and PS on my couch. I did get the Switch 2 and i play that 60% of the time on the Tv and the other in handheld. I don’t see Sony not making great content for PS. No reason not too, player still enjoy those games. I do, i buy a PS just for God of War and a few others. I play a lot of 3rd party on Xbox cause i like the controller layout more. Nothing else. Just the controller layout. I am faster and more accurate with off set sticks vs in line sticks. Otherwise i like the consoles the same. I also have been using Apple products for the last 14 years. I only use windows for work. So i am not sure how PC savvy i am to do certain tasks necessary on a gaming PC. Would i like that experience? Just not sure. But you make a great point about not wanting to sit at that desk any longer after 8 hours HAHA
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Re: PC Players or Bots? Battlefield 6 PS5 Players Frustrated by Crossplay Situation
I am playing it on Xbox Series X and having no issues. No bots. Some PC players but only a few here and there and i hold my own against them. My K/D is still over 1 so i am not complaining. It’s a great return to BF. But i do expect COD to eat into BF players some. At least for the first few months.
Re: Red Dead Redemption 2 'Probably' Wouldn't Have Happened without GTA 5 DLC Cancellation
Worked out for me. I don’t even play GTA much anymore. RDR2 is my favorite game ever made. So i won that decision. Thanks Rockstar, now can i get RDR2 with 60 fps.
Re: Random: Turns Out the PS5 Can Be a Lot Smaller, and You Can Build One Yourself
Remember the lead hardware guy said he wanted to make the PS5 even bigger. But Sony said no. He clearly has a thing for bigger consoles. Myself i have never liked the design of the PS5. It’s ugly, and doesn’t come in black. Then the plates came out so i did make it black and that hid it some. Then i got a Pro and now i am back to white. The PS6 better not need an attachment to lay flat. That is just silly. I loved the design of the PS2, after that the next 3 that came after haven’t did much for me. Next up i would like them to re design the PSN logo. The yellow D pad is not great.
Re: Concord's Disastrous Demise Could Help Push for Better Consumer Rights in UK
Xbox and Steam destroy Sony’s refund policy. As in like not even close. Not sure how i am suppose to see Concord as a moment of praise for Sony and refunds.
My other hobby is Bass fishing, i buy many rod and reels that are more than the cost of a console. Some hitting the $550-$650 a piece. The Japanese gear has a limited 1 year warranty the USA gear has a 15 year warranty, even a $60 dollar replacement if i shut the truck door on it and it snaps. I only mention this cause Steam and MS are USA and Sony and Nintendo is Japanese. It’s odd how both my hobbies have this type of warranty and refund linked to them.
Re: Talking Point: If Xbox Drops the Cost, Would You Be Happy Still Paying for PS6 Multiplayer?
I play all my online games on Xbox so i don’t use PSN. So it wouldn’t bother me cause my PS6 will be the same, a few single player games here and there. With the next Xbox being said to combine the best things of Console and the best of PC, i am happy to hear they might get rid of the paywall. That is the better part of PC.
Re: 'Our Biggest Competition Isn't Another Console': Xbox Doubles Down on Multiformat After Halo PS5 Shock
@SuntannedDuck2 Very well said. I agree with a lot of your points. You have a good outlook on the industry for sure.
Re: 'Our Biggest Competition Isn't Another Console': Xbox Doubles Down on Multiformat After Halo PS5 Shock
@Titntin Yeah great point and i call it out on both sides but lately it is so lopsided on here it hard to bite the tongue some days. Dang you are set on PC’s. Hope you enjoy your Switch 2. I got mine on launch and couldn’t stop playing Mario Kart World. Then i got Donkey Kong and that was really good. Haven’t touched it in a while now that BF6 and Borderlands 4 came out. But i only play Nintendo first party on Switch so i go on droughts with it from time to time but find it to be really an enjoyable and well made console. Feels more premium in the hand this time i think.
Sorry for the confusing message, i do respect your opinion on matters. You are knowledgeable and level headed and i look to the few that have that on here. Enjoy the games brother. Thats the most important part of all.
Re: 'We Want to Be Everywhere, on Every Platform': Microsoft CEO Once Again Commits to PS5
@LogicStrikesAgain well Steam and the PC in general have some of the biggest played games in the industry, World of Warcraft, Counter Strike, League of legends etc etc. plus 3rd parties are saying they are selling more copies on PC than Xbox and PS combined. So i would say the PC has a healthy ecosystem. Spider-Man 2 and maybe others didn’t take 3 years to reach PC, and Sony has a plan in place for Nixxes not sure i spell that right, to port a game every 6 months in the future. Meaning more are coming. As for the price of the next Xbox we don’t know what it will be but likely high of course. But… if the rumor is true that it plays OG XBox to the Series consoles, Steam, Epic and Battle net which would bring mouse and keyboard for WOW. Then that is a console that can play just about everything outside of Nintendo games and timed PS titles. Not a bad fit for some players. I will be using all 3 as i love to own all the consoles. So i am covered. However Sony isn’t done with live service and those to will be launch soon or day and date on PC, so that is an incentive for others to look for in the future. I am not against exclusives, i mean it’s their IP and they have to pay the bills. But i do like to see when other gamers get to enjoy great titles on other platforms. It nice to see others enjoy the hobby and not be locked into a box that they may not want or need in the first place. Seeing the industry go more that direction seems to be a win for their bottom line and the gamers which i am behind.
Re: 'We Want to Be Everywhere, on Every Platform': Microsoft CEO Once Again Commits to PS5
@Striker21 Yeah i agree with that. Nintendo has their profit model in tact. It works and they have a console that players want. Those same exclusives didn’t move N64 and GameCube and Wii-U numbers all that well. But once they found the hardware that players wanted those ports started to sell insane numbers. I think Animal Crossing and Mario Kart 8 is still selling haha
For others making 200 even 300 million dollar games it just doesn’t work as well. We are seeing that. The PS5 has almost its full library of PS5 games on PC. Something we didn’t see from them in the past and Sony will bring even more over. Which is a good thing, more people getting a chance to play great games is wonderful and i am all for it.
Re: 'Our Biggest Competition Isn't Another Console': Xbox Doubles Down on Multiformat After Halo PS5 Shock
@ButterySmooth30FPS that seems like coping to an extent. I mean sure i get your point but it does matter when the said statement by both gentlemen is true. I am not here for whom works where and when and how and Maybes etc etc. i am here for the facts and the fact is all forms of social media and Netflix is a competitor to video games regardless the logo on the plastic AMD box.
Re: 'We Want to Be Everywhere, on Every Platform': Microsoft CEO Once Again Commits to PS5
@TDHorizon i mean most of the PS4 is exclusive content. Most of the PS5 is already on PC. Astro as much as i loved it. I gave it a 10 it didn’t sell well at all. Order 1886 sold even worse. So just cause something is an exclusive game don’t make it good or bad. I am not against exclsuives cause i own all 3 consoles. But i do enjoy when games are on more platforms as it opens up the player base and more can enjoy the game.
Re: 'Our Biggest Competition Isn't Another Console': Xbox Doubles Down on Multiformat After Halo PS5 Shock
@Titntin i meant to say something completely different to you TIN and included you on this one for a separate reason To your point as to MS not being a platform, that is just the opposite, they are becoming a platform to take on Steam in the PC space and in order to do that they can’t have exclsuives nor a pay wall for online play. They need to be on every device as Steam Os is free and will be coming to more devices in the future. Windows is gaming, every game is created on a PC, MS does not want Steam to become the default platform, MS isn’t worried about PS as Sony has won in the console space and that space isn’t growing nor selling the most amount of software anymore, PC is growing, and sold over 4 million copies of BF6 while the PS and Xbox sold a little over 1 million each.
To your point i know you follow news from industry leaders as i believe you have stated you have worked in this business. I wanted you to just see the type of media behavior of the industry when two people say the same thing and how it looks to make the other one seem wrong while the other one was “right”. I value your input to such things and wasn’t trying to include you as a way of saying you said anything nor have that opinion but to see what your take on it would be. Cause this site has turned its eye on what Sony is saying and Sony is saying console isn’t growing and they are looking to bring their titles to more platforms. Sony is saying competion is social media, Sony is saying they are looking for monthly active users and engagement time, Sony is saying they are looking for live service games and somehow only taking a small black eye about the live service games while skating by with the other comments that other brands are saying and have been saying. I think you can see that, no? So again sorry for being unclear, this wasn’t a rub your nose in it comment more of i respect your industry knowledge on the subject and clearly i couldn’t be the only one on here that remembers Shawn saying this a year ago.
Re: 'Our Biggest Competition Isn't Another Console': Xbox Doubles Down on Multiformat After Halo PS5 Shock
@ButterySmooth30FPS i never said Shawn still works at PS. But Shawn is an industry insider the same as Matt is and known the trends and average usage time. This is why BOTH Sony and MS talk about engagement hours on their console. Cause that means they are taking players away from social media and Netflix and other competitors to the space. MS and PS leaders keep saying they aren’t as much competion to each other as gamers think and thinks like TIK TOK is a bigger concern and yet there is 2,000 comments on these sites a day pitting the two against each other in ways that have long been debunked. You can call that honesty or facts or whatever you like but i can continue to link those staments from industry leaders almost all day. But if the point isn’t accepted then whats the point right.
Re: 'We Want to Be Everywhere, on Every Platform': Microsoft CEO Once Again Commits to PS5
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Re: 'We Want to Be Everywhere, on Every Platform': Microsoft CEO Once Again Commits to PS5
@Vaako007 i fully understand consoles are still a thing moving forward. But they aren’t growing in sales and PC is. Which is a little scary as i much prefer console to PC gaming. Thus we are seeing Sony as a multi platform to make extra revenue. Sony has said their goal is to port 2 games a year meaning every 6 months you could see a game going to PC. So again i ask, then what exclusives do they have, from what i can see and play i would say a few timed.
Re: 'We Want to Be Everywhere, on Every Platform': Microsoft CEO Once Again Commits to PS5
Nintendo is the only company with true exclusives. Sony is on PC. Sure they have timed exclusives. But at the moment a Steam deck or ROG or a gaming PC can legally play PS titles. Same can’t be said for Mario Kart world. The top 10 played games on PS and Xbox aren’t exclusive tho. Wii-U didn’t sell hardware with their exclusive games until they ported them to switch. I am not saying i like or dislike exclusive games, but the notion that they are the money maker or why 10’s of millions of gamers buy a platform is false. The top 10 played and sold games on PS and Xbox tell all. In fact if i wanted to skip PS6 and i don’t and i won’t i could cause the next Xbox will be a PC with Steam and i could play Sony games much like the PC does now. So i am not sure how this is some talking point still. MS and Steam is the only platform that plays all games. So what exclusives does PS have outside of a years wait?
Re: 'Our Biggest Competition Isn't Another Console': Xbox Doubles Down on Multiformat After Halo PS5 Shock
@ButterySmooth30FPS an ex Sony employee. He’s had some other things to say as well. Cause he is a knowledgeable leader in the industry that knows how to succeed and what he is up against. You were close.not sure how this being said from industry leaders is different, but thanks for trying!
Re: 'Our Biggest Competition Isn't Another Console': Xbox Doubles Down on Multiformat After Halo PS5 Shock
@Northern_munkey will do brother! We should play some Diablo 4 together. I’m playing this season and it’s good. Looking forward to the big changes coming to season 11. Thanks for the company as always. I know i poke the bear sometimes and I appreciate you sticking with me. But sometimes i just can’t ignore the stupid. Wish i could. Haha
Re: 'Our Biggest Competition Isn't Another Console': Xbox Doubles Down on Multiformat After Halo PS5 Shock
@Northern_munkey i know what you mean. It’s about to get way worse when the next Xbox comes out and can play PS games. The “dead” platform will really be all over this site and causing arguments. I stick around and advise you to as well only cause once all sense is gone we leave something we found in a worse place. There are some great people on here and Pure. I love both sites for the hand full of awesome people. I was going to let this one go and i just couldn’t. I could correct more but i choose not too cause it brings bad press to me and not the ones writing it. I really get bad looks when i remind everyone 1/3 of this sites is ex Xbox 360 users. HAHA lately man i try and let it go and chill with you and the gang. But this was just silly. Shawn is adored by the PS faithful, no way everyone forgot he said this just last December but me. Don’t go yet. We need ya!
Re: 'Our Biggest Competition Isn't Another Console': Xbox Doubles Down on Multiformat After Halo PS5 Shock
@Northern_munkey Push back on them, i do." I get censored.
Politics even in gaming, i know what you mean. Any time you back someone in the corner with facts, truth, logic you are the one to be silenced. Very narcissistic behavior from folks that don’t know 💩from shampoo. i get it brother..
Re: 'Our Biggest Competition Isn't Another Console': Xbox Doubles Down on Multiformat After Halo PS5 Shock
@Northern_munkey you ain’t lying my brother. Not one of them will comment on this and say oh yeah, our beloved Shawn did say that over a year ago. It’s like i have to do their home work for them.
Re: 'Our Biggest Competition Isn't Another Console': Xbox Doubles Down on Multiformat After Halo PS5 Shock
@SuntannedDuck2 Sorry to say it’ not odd it’s on purpose. Hence they got 150 plus comments on it. If they would have said Shawn and Matt said the same thing, most would have passed over it.
It’s been said kids are watching people on YouTube and Tik Tok play games more than they are playing them. Which i mean whatever but then when you tie that info to the reports saying gamers are buying 1-2 games a year. You can start to see why Sony is looking to Steam and PC and Xbox is looking to PS and others. These games can’t be locked to one box. Yet everyone on here wants to argue over it and the Push Square team knows it and baits this audience to the high heavens. Push back on them, i do.
Re: 'Our Biggest Competition Isn't Another Console': Xbox Doubles Down on Multiformat After Halo PS5 Shock
@OldGamer999 @nomither6 @Titntin @themightyant @Northern_munkey @ButterySmooth30FPS @LogicStrikesAgain @SuntannedDuck2 @Ultimapunch @UltimateOtaku91 @Old-Red @NathanKang
https://www.newsweek.com/entertainment/ex-playstation-head-says-video-game-industry-losing-next-generation-tiktok-1995571
Sony said this last year. We all know kids play less games these days and scroll on their phones. Hence Cloud and Mobile is the future of gaming when we are all old and done with this. Odd this post never mentioned Shawn saying this last year. Almost like we are being baited into whom can say the same thing yet one has to look a fool for it. I try to comment less these days and all but for a dead platform, they can get a report on this site for sneezing from eating to spicy of food.
Re: Poll: Will You Be Buying Halo: Campaign Evolved on PS5?
@GamingGod i love that game, really wish we would get one more ratchet game before PS6. But not sure. But i will buy a PS6 just to play the next one cause it will look insane.
Re: Poll: Will You Be Buying Halo: Campaign Evolved on PS5?
@GamingGod i prefer the Xbox and Switch pro controller layout much more. On Ps4 i didn’t mind the PS4 controller, the size was just right and coming from the trash of a PS3 controller it felt much better. PS5 controller is a little to big so i think it stretches my left thumb just a bit to far. It’s a thing cause there is a lot of people wanting the next controller to shrink in size a little bit. I own all 3 consoles and play my PS5 the least and it’s really only cause of the controller. Which stinks cause that is always been my issue with PS, the controller. Never found them to be very comfortable. So i only use it for their exclusive games only.i think i have beaten Racthet and Clank 4 times now HAHA
Re: Poll: Will You Be Buying Halo: Campaign Evolved on PS5?
I’l be getting it on Series X. FPS games on Sony’s controller hurts my left thumb and wrist. So Xbox Controller for me. Happy to see more players getting to play it tho. I wish the PS6 would go back to the PS4 controller size. But not sure they will with the added features in it. Sucks that the controller layout hurts my hands so much cause i otherwise enjoy my PS5.
Re: PS5 Surpasses Lifetime PS3 Sales in the US
@T-Bone09 True, but the PS1-PS3 had a fairly high number of broken units. It was really the PS4 and Xbox One that we started to see highly reliable hardware. This gen PS5 and Series Consoles are tanks. They run very well. PS2 got me with the disc read error a few times, i never played my PS3 enough to get the yellow light of death, but i did break 3 Xbox 360’s.
Re: Here's How Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Holds Up on the $1,000 ROG Xbox Ally X
It’s getting great reviews which is nice to see. But i don’t game on handhelds much. Switch 2 a little bit in bed sometimes. So i won’t be getting one, but i am excited for next gen Xbox and PS6.
Re: Battlefield 6 Boss Says Call of Duty Only Exists 'Because EA Were D*cks'
Impressive sales for BF6, so it does seem to back in a big way. Data today showed PS5 sales at 1.5 million, Xbox at 1.2 million and Steam at 3.5 million for BF6 and the game hasn’t even been out a full week yet. That is how you make a comeback. But COD isn’t going away. It will still make a billion dollars. Just nice to have some choice in that genre. I miss Medal of Honor.
Re: Battlefield 6 Server Queues Are Absolutely Humongous on Launch Day
@Northern_munkey i have not smiled playing a game this much since Diablo 4 came out. I am loving BF6. Played for 4 hours so far and only one match dropped due to server connection issue. I got right back into a new game and it’s been fast and running great. BF6 is the best shooter i have played in a long time. Not sure how COD responses to this but this is why competition is good for gamers. Most gamers these days want companies to go away rather than make good products to push the industry to better quality. If BF packed its bags after 2042 i would not be smiling today playing this. Happy to hear you are on it. Hope you are loving it also my brother.
Re: Battlefield 6 Players Who Party Up with PS Plus Subscribers Will Get an XP Boost
@nomither6 you would be correct they are jank, i bought two of them and returned them both in a few days. Sucks cause i really like PS5 and would play it more if not for their controller choices.
Re: Battlefield 6 Players Who Party Up with PS Plus Subscribers Will Get an XP Boost
Kind of a cool perk. Sony is good about trying to make the PS console standout. Sometimes it’s a little backhanded but this is kind of neat and a nice bump in your progression. I just don’t like the Dual Sense controller for shooters. Hurts the heck out of my left thumb. I’ll be on Xbox for BF6. Even tho i do like this perk.
Re: PS4's Record-Setting US Sales Pace Is Being Comfortably Beaten by Switch 2
@UltimateOtaku91 Console gaming is far from dying, but it isn’t growing either. People look at the switch sales and think it’s growing the market cause the Wii-U did so poorly, but all Nintendo did was combine their DS handheld sales along with their home console sales. So growth isn’t really happening in the console space. Dev’s are saying PC is outselling all consoles combined in software sales. So while i am happy to see console’s not so much shrinking in engagement and excitement, it’s not a growing market and that is unfortunate, cause much like you i prefer console to PC. I own all 3 consoles and really enjoy them all for what they offer. 😊
Re: Red Dead Redemption 2 Still Coming to PS5, It's Claimed
@Oz_Who_Dat_Dare Yeah i would be ok with a 60fps. But if i can get better textures and draw distance with some lighting updates. I wouldn’t say no. This is my favorite video game ever so i would happily pay for all the bells and whistles. One of my PC buddies let me try it on his setup and i almost built a PC for this game. It looked almost real in some areas. I am not kidding.
Re: Red Dead Redemption 2 Still Coming to PS5, It's Claimed
@Oz_Who_Dat_Dare Sigh - are we still doing this?.... how about stop reporting on things UNTIL (I mean IF) they happen.
And guess which sucker falls for it every time even tho i know it’s likely not going to happen and then get’s let down. Take a guess? Hahaha
Re: Sports Games Rule PS Store in September, Sweeping Silksong and Borderlands 4 Aside on PS5
I bought Borderlands 4 and it is so much better than i thought it would be. A great new entry even tho Randy is a fool.
Re: Revised PS5 Pro Model Reportedly Coming Soon in Europe, But Don't Expect Much
@Rich33 if Sony offered different controller layouts it would for sure entice me to play more on PS. Sony is still using the layout of the Super Nintendo controller. When Sony needed to add analog sticks to that design the only room left was at the bottom. Some like it but on IGN poll off set beat in line 56-44. So Sony could in fact benefit from having an option. I can use either or, but for inline to work for me i need the controller a shade smaller than dual sense and i would love for the tension to be a little less. Also i prefer Xbox’s concave to convex sticks. My thumb doesn’t slip as much. I am way more accurate on those sticks. Otherwise i really like PS5. Series X for me is all about the controller and snappier Ui. However i love consoles so i enjoy owning both. They all have pros and cons but i prefer console gaming to PC even tho PC is knocking at my door wanting a chance. I am still a little torn if i want to try or not.
Re: Revised PS5 Pro Model Reportedly Coming Soon in Europe, But Don't Expect Much
@Dimey i agree with you. Hand sizes and fnger length make it hard for one controller to work for everyone. I would love a smaller Dual sense but likely they wouldn’t be able to get in the haptics and feature set they went for, and i do like the controller. Not like i hate it, it’s just the least comfortable out of the 3 for me. It’s funny cause the older PS consoles i used to say the controllers were to small. Now it’s to big. I just like to complain it seems hahaha JK
Re: Revised PS5 Pro Model Reportedly Coming Soon in Europe, But Don't Expect Much
@BusyOlf @Balaam_ both your points are true. Never liked the design of it. A console that needs a stand or legs to sit flat seems odd. But i have gotten blasted on here many times for saying this. But my only gripe with the PS5 is the size and layout choices of the controller. Sure the Dual sense is good with features and i know controller size is subjective. But man Dual sense really hurts my left thumb. Some of that i think is the tighter tenison Sony uses on their sticks compared to Xbox and others. But i really like the PS5 and wish i could play it for more than a hour at a time. But the controller just has me back to Xbox within 60 mins. I hope PS6 makes a basic design consoles and they get the Dual Sense 2 a little smaller. 10-15% and loosen up those sticks a little bit and i would game on it a lot more.
Re: Sony Adds Official Desktop Speakers to Its Increasingly Enormous Product Family
I will give them a listen. I am an audio fanatic so if i like the sound i will get them even tho i don’t really need them. Nice addition to the PS family tho. I like that they work on PC and Mac as well.
Re: Saros Launches Exclusively on PS5 in March 2026, and It Looks Fantastic in First Gameplay
This is just a Returnal reskin. So i am not getting it. But i hope it finds a little better audience than Returnal did. Pass for me. But i am sure this kept the game in budget. Which is good.
Re: PS5's New Power Saver Feature Confirms Its First Supported Games
@Oz_Who_Dat_Dare i mean i for sure agree with you. Not sure who or how many will use this low power mode. But i suppose we will see what they do with it once it get’s rolled out and more people have it. I am excited to see more plans in the future about the PS6 and handheld. As for the PS5 Pro, man that thing needs a few wins here soon before i call it a bust and i wanted to love that machine when it was announced. I was all for it. But it just get’s hard to see so much wasted potential.
Re: PS5's New Power Saver Feature Confirms Its First Supported Games
@Oz_Who_Dat_Dare whats their other option? Send it to dev’s that likely won’t have a ton of time to do much with it? Tho i am sure they will do that and internally Sony will test it. But i am sure they will look for ways yet to be announced maybe to get some player results from it. Series S is already got 1000’s of games ready to port to handheld. Sony will need titles optimized and running for a launched handheld. All data is needed cause it almost feels like Sony is backing into this plan for next gen more than on top of it and ahead of the curve. I could be wrong. But selling a “pro” console that runs not a few games but multiple games worse than the base model tells me they are shifting into a area they are a little behind in and want to improve quicker rather than later. The PS5 Pro is a botched or successful GTA 6 away from being a console that is on the fence of make or bust.so i welcome all the attempts of research where and how they can get it. But at these price points it seems rough. I can’t with a straight face recommend anyone to use a Pro or this low power mode. But i think Sony will attempt a way to get the info. Again this isn’t to save you $2.39 on your monthly electric bill.
Then it’s been now said they are using this for first party titles. Well DUH!! Those are the titles they want to test internally for the handheld. Again that they have no optimization for unlike MS with the Series S.
Re: PS5's New Power Saver Feature Confirms Its First Supported Games
Reading the comments tell’s me some haven’t learned anything from the PS5 Pro. Sony is BETA testing it’s next gen plans at the tail end of this gen.
PS5 Pro is full on testing for PS6 AI upscaling (PSSR)
Hence the console has such erratic behaviors on games. Cause it’s not fully baked. PSSR is already onto its next update.
PS5 power mode is to get games running for the handheld next gen cause Sony don’t have a Series S, yes the Series S that get’s made fun of. MS has a ton of work already done to put them games on a handheld. Sony is bringing this out to test for their handheld next gen. All of it is smart to a degree even tho it’s over priced. But it will help them going forward. But this isn’t to cut your system into a savings on your electric bill.
Re: Poll: Are You Playing Borderlands 4?
@Northern_munkey He could have at least brought you some Golf balls my brother. Haha
Re: Round Up: Borderlands 4 Reviews All on PC, No PS5 Verdicts Anywhere
@OldGamer999 On pure they show the BL4 running on Series X it’s 60fps on Performance mode and 30fps on Quality mode. This is way the next gen consoles will be day 1 buys for me. The CPU in the consoles is already aged out on a lot of games. Sure some of it is optimization. But even with that the limits on that CPU are showing. I want to play BL4 but i am more excited for next months Battlefield 6 so i might just hold off. I am still playing Gears of War Reloaded online. I will be watching the PS5 Pro review for BL4 tho. Like to see if it runs good or not. That console is so up and down it’s hard to know.
Re: Rumour: PS6 Will Have a Detachable Disc Drive, Much Simpler Design
@get2sammyb i agree, i think the add on disc drive is the smartest way forward. Sony has done a great job with this concept. I am 100% digital. But it’s nice to know if i wanted a disc drive i could still get one and just attach it in 3 mins or less. I think this is the way forward. Most gamers are digital. But there is still enjoy of a physical games market to warrant the add on.
Re: Metal Gear Solid Delta's Dismal PS5 Pro Support Could Use a Rethink
The only take away i get from this is when the PC has a bad optimized game lots of people blame the platform. But when consoles have a game running poorly it’s the devs. PC has 1000’s upon 1000’s of games that run great but when a bad one does hit the platform takes the hit and not the devs. I don’t even have a PC. This is just a general thing i see in the gamer circles. As for PS5 Pro it was clearly a testing ground for PS6 and to me it’s not a good console nor bad. It’s just a very inconsistent console and one that i will not be supporting. I’ll just wait for PS6 and the next Xbox.
Re: 'We'll Continue to Evolve the PS Store': Sony on Making PS5, PS4 Shopping Better
Steam and Xbox for sure have way better stores than PS. Plus a better Digital return policy on a game. So i am happy to see Sony at least say they are working on improving it. Even if that means for PS6 and not PS5. Time will tell on that. But Digital is where 8 out of 10 people buy games and outside of a server cost, that is the most profitable way to sell games. So take some of that and make a big slash on the store, only seems right.
Re: A Quote from a Sony Exec Is Causing a Hubbub Among PS5 Fans Again
@mvhess to your point and it’s a good one. That is why i started to second guess building a PC. I work from home and i sit at my desk all day, do i really want to sit there again to game? I don’t know and i don’t have another space i could use for just the gaming PC. So i too like to play Xbox and PS on my couch. I did get the Switch 2 and i play that 60% of the time on the Tv and the other in handheld. I don’t see Sony not making great content for PS. No reason not too, player still enjoy those games. I do, i buy a PS just for God of War and a few others. I play a lot of 3rd party on Xbox cause i like the controller layout more. Nothing else. Just the controller layout. I am faster and more accurate with off set sticks vs in line sticks. Otherwise i like the consoles the same. I also have been using Apple products for the last 14 years. I only use windows for work. So i am not sure how PC savvy i am to do certain tasks necessary on a gaming PC. Would i like that experience? Just not sure. But you make a great point about not wanting to sit at that desk any longer after 8 hours HAHA